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Girl in a Coma Interview: SXSW 2010

If anything is big in Texas, it's certainly the buzz around San Antonio's Girl in a Coma. Discovered and signed by Joan Jett after participating in a cable TV show called 'Jammin',' the three girls took their punk tinged soulful tunes and charted iTunes and Billboard. They've opened for bands like Tegan and Sara, Social Distortion and Morrissey, ...

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C Funk Interview: SXSW 2010

Born Cristian Sol Moraga Farías, C Funk moved from Santiago, Chile, to California to immerse himslef in the roots of funk and the American music market. His 2007's debut release, 'Joya,' received critical acclaim from Chilean journalists and fans, topping best-of lists and charting album sales. C Funk is testing his success in the United ...

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Gifts From Enola Interview: SXSW 2010

Harrisonburg, Va.'s Gifts From Enola formed in the James Madison University dorms of bassist Nate Dominy and guitarist Andrew Barnes. Deriving its name from the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb, the instrumental band produced two full-lengths and a split with You.May.Die.in.The.Desert, and has toured the States countless times. Equipped ...

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Gigamesh Interview: SXSW 2010

Gigamesh, aka producer Matt Masurka, put the Twin Cities on the dance map. While animating night clubs with his other project, DiscoTech, Masurka took on a solo project to accomplish two things: get his own producing talent heard and impose more control on his individual taste. Although the project is just over a year old, Gigamesh caught ...

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Gavin Holland Interview: SXSW 2010

DJ and producer Gavin Holland cannot recall the exact date of his first DJ experience, but that's because the first time happened at some 8th grade dance party. It's been 7 years since Holland first scratched plastic to a house of party animals, and even under guises like Nouveau Riche and Party Bros, Washington, D.C.'s party-starter doesn't plan ...

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Generationals Interview: SXSW 2010

After the break-up of their band The Eames Era, longtime friends Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner continue to create music together as Generationals. After relocating to New Orleans, their debut full-length, Con Law, made headlines, ranking #26 in Owl and Bear's Top 30 albums of '09. Before hitting the road with Elephant Six's The Apples in Stereo, the ...

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Giant Cloud Interview: SXSW 2010

Giant Cloud hones from the Southern comfort of Louisiana, but don't be quick to judge the musical composition. Driven by cataclysmic results of soft voices and aggressive instrumental build-up, the band signed with Park the Van records in 2009 and released its debut EP 'Old Books' in January of 2010. Before trekking West for Austin's SXSW music ...

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